Safety training program evaluation

Bell, J. L., Grushecky, S. T. (2006). Evaluating the effectiveness of a logger safety training program. Journal of Safety Research, 37, 53-61. 

OR OSHA 116, Safety Health Program Evaluation Form, pp. 20-23, http //www.cbs.state.or.us/external/osha/educate/training/pages/materials.html, pubhc domain. 

Section 3.2, states that a safety-training program should include written plans for how training development, delivery, documentation, recordkeeping, and evaluation will be accomplished. Elements should include the following ... 

ANSI Z490.1-2001, Section 3.4, recommends evaluating three important elements of a safety-training program (Criteria for Accepted Practices in Safety, Health, and Environmental Training, 2001). 

System analysis for the assessment of the HYSOLAR program and of a utilisation program for the evaluation of safety, reliability and environmental aspects of the selected hydrogen application technologies, as well as of an educational and training program. 

CFR Parts 171-177 DOT requirements for providing information and advice on meeting emergencies FEMA requirements for evaluation of training programs for incident prevention and response OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Act)... 

The OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, better known as the Right-to-Know law, requires that the hazards of all chemicals produced in or imported into the United States are evaluated and that employers provide their employees with all appropriate hazard information. This involves providing employees with hazard communication/training programs and access to material safety data sheets (MSDSs) and written records. OSHA considers the MSDS the primary vehicle for transmitting detailed hazard information to downstream employers and employees. 

Vojtecky, M. A., Schmitz, M. E. (1986). Program evaluation and health and safety training. Journal of Safety Research, 17, 57-63. 

Safety, Health, And Environmental Professional. Serving as a member of the hazard review committee, the safety, health, and environmental professional will assist in identifying and evaluating hazards in the design process and provide counsel as to their avoidance, elimination, or control. Special training programs for the review committee may be recommended by the safety, health, and environmental professional. Also, consultants may be recommended who would complete hazards analyses, other than for the What-If system. 

Example of a Hawthorne Threat A work-site decides to implement and evaluate a new training program focused on changing safety practices by providing feedback to employees. A consultant examines injuiy records and, with the help of workers and supervisors, develops a checklist of safety practices. The list will be used by the consultant to observe the work force and provide feedback to the employees about their practices. The consultant realizes that his presence (and the taking of observations) could make workers change their normal behavior. To avoid this potential Hawthorne effect, he makes baseline observations on a daily basis until his presence seems to no longer create a reaction and the observations become constant [p. 25]. 

Safety professionals should be aware that the Equal Pay Act only prohibits wage differentials for equal job functions based only on sexual differences. Wage differences based on other factors such as merit pay, incentive pay, in accordance with a seniority system, shift differentials, or training programs are usually outside of the requirements of the Equal Pay Act. Safety professionals should also be aware that the Equal Pay Act requires all documents related to the payment of wages, wage rates, job evaluations, merit and incentive pay systems, seniority systems to be maintained for a period not less than two years. ... 

The proper acquisition of relevant information about a task in a safety-critical environment is the foundation of every sound human factors analysis. The scope of the analysis may cover a Human Rehahility Assessment, an evaluation of a human-machine system, the writing of a procedure or the preparation of a training program. 

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